Heater for beauty parlor tools



March 7, 1939.

E. JEFFERSON 2,150,063

HEATER FOR BEAUTY PARLOR TOOLS Filed April 29, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Emma? e// arson March 7, 1939. r-:-. JEFFERSON HEATER FOR BEAUTY PARLOR TOOLS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 29, 1938 E772 772222 (fa/{e ATTO R N EYS Patented Mar. 7, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application April 29,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a heater for beauty parlor tools.

Combs, curling irons and Marcel irons when heated by direct contact with flame may become too hot for the comfort of the customer and consequently not only is the customer apprehensive of this, but also the operator must proceed by guesswork when heating these tools.

With the above disadvantages in mind the present invention provides apparatus for heating beauty parlor tools by a circulating fiuid medium such as hot oil which may be accurately maintained at a predetermined temperature to heat the tools to the required temperature only.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will be formed of a few strong simple and durable parts, which will be inexpensive to manufacture, and which will not easily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to 25 within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of beauty parlor tool heating apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the tool holder and adjacent pipe con- 35 nections of the heat medium circulating system.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation, with a portion in section, showing the pipe joints between the ends of the standard.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the 40 line 44 of Figure 2 and showing the tool holder with a comb therein.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 1 showing the construction of the standard.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of a curling iron which may be heated by the device.

Figure 7 is a cross sectional view showing a Marcel iron in position upon the tool holder to be heated thereby.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, l0 designates a tank which may be supplied with a fluid medium such as oil H from any suitable source and. is provided with 55 a temperature gauge l2 and an oil level sight 1938, Serial No. 205,108

glass 13. An electric motor [4 is mounted on the tank and drives a pump I5 through the medium of a belt H5. The pump is submerged in the oil and is provided with an intake pipe I! and with an outlet pipe I8 for circulating the oil through the apparatus hereinafter described.

The tank is supported upon a heater [9 of any preferred type having a burner 2|] such as a gas burner the flame of which continues to the bottom of the tank to maintain the oil at a predetermined temperature.

Pipes 2! and 22 are connected respectively to the outlet pipe l8 and intake pipe I! of the pump and these pipes extend downwardly to the floor 23 of the beauty parlor and through a hollow base 24 of any preferred type which is secured to the floor by screws 25. The pipes project upwardly through the base and are respectively connected to the upper and lower branches of a four-way coupling 26.

Pipes 21 and 28 are connected to the lateral branches of the coupling 26 and extend upwardly to form a standard. These pipes, as well as the pipes 21 and 22 are enclosed in an asbestos insulating casing 29, best shown in Figure 5. Outside of the casing a paper lining 30 is disposed on the asbestos casing. A metal casing 3| is sleeved upon the paper lining.

The pipes 21 and 28 are deformed at the upper ends and enter aligned branches of a coupling 32, best shown in Figure 3. The coupling is provided with a partition 33. Pipes 34 and 35 are connected to the coupling on opposite sides of the partition and these pipes are deformed at the upper ends to enter the lateral branches of a four-way coupling 36. Pipes 3! and 38 are connected to the upper and lower branches of this coupling and extend to the tool heater of the device which will be presently described.

All of the pipe connections with the various couplings are of the compression joint type so that all of the couplings 26, 32 and 36 may be rotated on a horizontal axis while the coupling 26 may also be rotated on a vertical axis to provide different angular adjustments of the height and inclination of the standard.

The tool heater comprises a hollow cylindrical head 39 which receives the pipes 31 and 38. The head is provided with a tubular shaft 40 upon which an enlarged end 4| of the tool holder is rotatably mounted through the medium of ball bearings 42. Beyond the tubular shaft 4!! the tool holder is provided with a uniformly reduced forward end portion 43 having a spring clamp 44, best shovm in Figure 4, on one side to receive the shank 45 of a comb 46 the back of which extends longitudinally in contact with said reduced forward end.

The head 39 is provided with an axially disposed pipe 41 which extends axially in the tubular shaft and reduced forward end portion 43 of the tool heater. A partition 48 is disposed in the head at one side of the pipe 47 so that hot oil entering the head through the pipe 31 Will pass through the pipe 4'! to the end of the reduced forward end portion 43 of the tool heater, and thence return outside of the pipe 41 through the tubular shaft 40 to the head on the opposite side of the partition 48 and return through the pipe 38 'to the tank to be raised to the required temperature.

As shown in Figure 2, the coupling 35, and also the coupling 26 which is a duplicate of the coupling 36, is provided with an oblique partition 49 forming two passages through the coupling, one for hot oil to supply the tool heater and the other to return the cooled oil through the piping system to the tank to be reheated. An insulating sleeve 5!] is mounted on the tool heater 4! through the medium of a 'set screw 5| and the sleeve is provided at the ends with flanges 52 which provide an air space between the sleeve and the tool heater 4| so that the operator may grasp the sleeve in the hand to turn the tool heater axially on the hollow shaft 40 when desired.

While a comb has been described in connection with the use of the device a curling iron 53 shown in Figure 6, may be clamped in placeby the clamp 44. Moreover, a Marcel iron 54 may be clamped around the reduced forward end portion 33 of the tool heater to beheated'thereby within'the scope of the invention.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

1. A heater for beauty parlor tools comprising a hollow cylindrical tool holder having a reduced forward end portion, means for securing a tool in intimate contact with said portion, a tubular shaft upon which the tool holder is rotatably mounted, a hollow head, a pipe projecting from the head axially in the tubular shaft and reduced forward end portion of the tool holder, a partition disposed in the head at one side of the pipe for permitting a liquid heating medium to flow from the head through the pipe to the end of the reduced portion and then return outside of the pipe through the tubular shaft to the head, and means for, supplying a heated liquid medium to said head. I

2. A heater for beauty parlor tools comprising a hollow. cylindrical tool holder having a reduced forward'endpbrtmn, a 'spring'clip secured at one end to said cylindrical tool holder for securing a tool in intimate contact with said reduced forward end" portion of the toolholder, a tubular shaft upcnwmeh the tool' holder is rotatably mountedfa hollow. head, a pipe projecting from the head axially in the" tubular'shaft and reduced forward endv portion'of the" tool holderfa parti tion disposed in the head at one side of the: pipe forp'ermitting a' liquid'heating medium to flow from the head throughthepipe to the end of the reduced portion and then return outside of the, pipe through the tubular shaft to thehead, and means 'for'supplying a heated liquid medium to said head. 

